Matt Lohry

I agree with Nathan's comment; however, considering the razor-thin escape from the wrecking ball that this bridge pulled off, I'm sure happy to see carriage bolts on this historic bridge over a new, ugly, MOB, which was the plan until only a couple of years ago!

I went out with my family today and took photos of the newly restored bridge. Overall good restoration; most of the rivets along the bottom chords of the bridge have been replaced with bolts and the bearings have been replaced. Other than that, mainly blast and paint, and new concrete deck.

Definitely not a steel stringer, but not a concrete rigid frame either--I would probably call this a slab.

I believe that Robert was referring to the category that was assigned to the bridge, not the location. There is no dispute that this is the correct bridge, location, and it is the Fox River--however, the category that was previously assigned was the Fox River that passes between Green Bay and Appleton--Wisconsin has 2 Fox Rivers, which makes things confusing. This Fox River originates just north of Waukesha and passes through Burlington and down into Illinois. Just wanted to clear things up.

I never said that they don't--just go whine about it on Facebook, not here. That's my point.

Again, Robert, very well said. There is no excuse for complete lack of common sense, and responsibility certainly does not fall to any political entities; stupid is just that--stupid. Blaming Trump for everything that goes wrong just because you don't like him is just ridiculous. If we all did that, we'd be nailing Obama for every stupid thing that lack of common sense caused over the last eight years, but we did not do that. I'm honestly weary of listening to the political crap, coming from EITHER side, and I sure don't want to see it on this site! No, I'm not the webmaster, but this is the one place that I should be able to come to and not have to put up with it. That's what Facebook is for, and that's why I do not use that site or contribute to its cause. I come here for bridges and fellow bridgehunters, and that's it.

It rotates on its center pier, just the same as any other swing bridge. I'm not sure where the straight joint is that you refer to, but the joint between the approach roadway and the bridge deck is slightly curved to accommodate the rotation of the bridge span.

It sure looks like a covered bridge to me--I did notice that Google Earth's historical imagery has a clear shot of this spot from 3/30/2005, and the bridge does not appear to be present at that time, so it may have been brought in...wait a minute...Robert, is that your tool shed?? :>D

Since the new bridge will likely be a bland, mundane MOB, they should make the trail lead to as many Wal-marts as possible...

I would have to agree with...um...whoever it is. This is a better entry for uglybridges.com...plain concrete culverts really don't belong here.

As far as I'm concerned, it's silly to blame any educational system at all for a complete lack of common sense. It doesn't take more than half a brain cell to figure out that a 14-foot tall, 20+-ton truck is not going to be able to make it across a tiny steel bridge with a 6-ton load limit. This person should not be driving anything at all, let alone a commercial rig. She slept through her classes BEFORE Betsy DeVos or Donald Trump were part of the picture, so it's certainly not their doing that is the issue--these policies have been in place for many years, perpetuated by BOTH sides of the political spectrum, so I decline to place political blame toward any one side. Donkeys and elephants are equally at fault here. I do highly agree with Jason's suggestion to get properly educated, and to job shadow an experienced professional in preparation for driving a semi...it's a far cry from driving a car, and it's a vitally important industry that has and needs quality people.

Nope, it's in Okmulgee County, about 1000' north of the McIntosh County line. If you have pics, please post; we'd like to see them, as there currently aren't any.

I would fully agree; the 1994 "rehabilitation" date is most assuredly the date that the previous bridge was replaced with this new one. Welded gussets were most likely NOT on anybody's radar back in 1924!

As I looked at the numbers of structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges in the article behind the link, I noticed something--these numbers only confirm what we've been saying on Bridgehunter for years! Here's what I mean...

The numbers for structurally deficient (SD) vs. functionally obsolete (FO) bridges by percentage of total bridges for three regions are shown in the article as follows:

Boston: 11.7% SD, 54.5% FO

Schuylkill County, PA: 34.6% SD, 10.2% FO

Nemaha County, NE: 54.6% SD, 1.6% FO

The way I see it, as the percentage of functionally obsolete bridges decreases, the percentage of structurally deficient bridges increases...so, since functionally obsolete bridges are purely a result of age, the areas with higher percentages of functionally obsolete bridges mainly feature OLD bridges--as bridges are replaced with modern bridges, the FO percentage drops--but, since the SD percentage sharply increases with these FO percentage drops, that simply proves the notion that old bridges were built to last, while newer bridges are built with poor quality and deteriorate much faster. This makes perfect sense to me! Anyone else see this?

This bridge is already listed:

http://bridgehunter.com/pa/crawford/cambridge-springs/